Goosecam goslings have hatched (with video)

The goosecam goose on the nest with two goslings on the farm near Edmonton , June 14, 2013. (Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal)Bruce Edwards
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The goosecam goose on the nest with two goslings on the farm near Edmonton, on June 14, 2013. (Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal)Bruce Edwards
/ Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal

The gander protects the nest from a coyote on the farm near Edmonton , June 14, 2013. (Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal)Bruce Edwards
/ Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal

The goosecam goose on the nest with two goslings on the farm near Edmonton , June 14, 2013. (Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal)Bruce Edwards
/ Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal

The goosecam goose and gander leave the nest with two goslings and head to the pond on the farm near Edmonton, on June 14, 2013. (Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal)Bruce Edwards
/ Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal

The goosecam goose on the nest with two goslings on the farm near Edmonton , June 14, 2013. (Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal)Bruce Edwards
/ Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal

The goosecam goose and gander leave the nest with two goslings and head to the pond on the farm near Edmonton, on June 14, 2013. (Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal)Bruce Edwards
/ Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal

The goosecam goose on the nest with two goslings on the farm near Edmonton , June 14, 2013. (Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal)Bruce Edwards
/ Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal

The goosecam goose and gander leave the nest with two goslings and head to the pond on the farm near Edmonton, on June 14, 2013. (Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal)Bruce Edwards
/ Bruce Edwards/Edmonton Journal

The first goosecam gosling emerged from its egg on June 14, 2013.Goosecam screen capture
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The first goosecam gosling emerged from its egg on June 14, 2013.Goosecam screen capture
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The first gosling hatched by goosecam start Patience has hatched and is making brief appearances on the goosecam.
/ Edmonton Journal

Edmonton Journal goosecam star Patience is sitting on a gold mine of feathery cuteness. The goslings are starting to emerge from their eggs.
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Patience, the goose featured on the goosecam is back and nested on the next stack over of bales. Her first nest was destroyed when wind blew the bales over along with her eggs and they smashed on the ground.Bruce Edwards
/ Edmonton Journal

Patience, the goose featured on the goosecam is back and nested on the next stack over of bales. Her first nest was destroyed when wind blew the bales over along with her eggs and they smashed on the ground.Bruce Edwards
/ Edmonton Journal

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Editor's note: Mother goose and her goslings have left the nest. The live feed has ended, but please enjoy a compilation video of the greatest Goosecam moments of the year.

EDMONTON - After weeks of incubation under the watchful eyes of Patience, two goslings hatched Friday morning on a farm southwest of Edmonton.

Bruce Edwards, a Journal photographer who has set up the goosecam every spring for six years, said the first of two goslings began hatching shortly after 10 a.m.

On the live camera shortly after the initial hatchings, Patience continued to huddle over her young, yellow-feathered offspring. Her hovering eases the birds into a world beyond their protective eggshells, shielding them from predators such as coyotes, ravens and crows at their most vulnerable stage.

Patience has already moved them to a pond.

Every year, Edwards creates his own video wrap of the 25 to 28 days it takes for the eggs to hatch.

You can enjoy the video now on the Journal’s website.

Goslings are born knowing how to swim, but won’t be able to fly until they get their flight feathers, the grey and white structured plumage of their parents.

They’ll stay with mother and father goose until late summer, enjoying the warm weather and learning new skills. Then the gaggle of geese will fly south together for fall migration, returning to their nesting grounds the following spring.

Nearly a year after the eggs from which they hatched were laid, the grown geese will separate from their parents and the cycle will begin anew.

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